STOW’S MCHUGH WINS NOPGA ASSISTANTS TITLE; ADVANCES TO NATIONAL EVENT IN NOVEMBER
Fox Den Assistant Golf Professional Tyler McHugh shot rounds of 66-69 on Tuesday at Club Walden to win the NOPGA National Car Rental Assistants Championship conducted by the Northern Ohio Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America.
McHugh’s 135 total was 9-under and good enough for a two-shot victory over Elyria Country Club’s Jake Scott (66-71) and Brandywine Country Club’s Michael Balcar (72-65).
Along with the $1,400 winner’s check, McHugh also qualifies to play in the 44th Annual PGA National Assistants Championship to be held Nov. 12-15 at the PGA Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Scott and Balcar split second-place money of $925.00 and Scott also will advance to the national tournament.
Alternate spots went to Bowling Green State University Head Golf Coach John Powers (72-69-141), Westfield Country Club’s Daren de Lelys (74-70-144) and Collin Slattery, Assistant Golf Professional at The Country Club (71-74-145).
McHugh, who prepped at Walsh Jesuit and Kent State, was the lone player in the 40-man field to break 70 in both rounds. In his 36 holes he had one eagle, nine birdies, 25 pars, no bogeys and one double bogey. He played bogey-free in his first round but made his lone double-bogey on Walden’s 460-yard 10th hole, his opening hole in the second round, when he pumped his tee shot out of bounds. He went on to play his final 17 holes in 5-under.
FINAL RESULTS: Northern Ohio PGA
2020 National Car Rental Assistants Championship
Club Walden, Aurora, Ohio
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
1 Tyler McHugh Fox Den Golf Course 66-69–135 -9 $1,400.00
T2 Jake Scott Elyria Country Club 66-71–137 -7 $925.00
T2 Michael Balcar Brandywine CC 72-65–137 -7 $925.00
4 John Powers Bowling Green State Univ. 72-69–141 -3 $750.00
5 Darin de Lelys Westfield Country Club 74-70–144 E $650.00
6 Collin Slattery The Country Club 71-74–145 +1 $550.00
7 Sean McGuire Pepper Pike Club 73-73–146 +2 $500.00
T8 Cory Kumpf Brookside Country Club 72-75–147 +3 $450.00
T8 Jordan Paolini Shaker Heights Country Club 75-72–147 +3 $450.00
T10 Patrick Milkovich Canterbury Golf club 72-77–149 +5 $375.00
T10 Adam Lewicki Portage Country Club 73-76–149 +5 $375.00
T12 Sean Patrick Tippecanoe Country Club 76-74–150 +6 $162.50
T12 Kelcey Eberle Congress Lake Club 73-77–150 +6 $162.50
T12 Kaleb Kuhn Mercer County Elks CC 77-73–150 +6 $162.50
T12 Mike Stone Belmont Country Club 74-76–150 +6 $162.50
Out of the Money:
T16 Julian Pina Findlay CC 78 – 74 = 152
T16 Ian Haidle Shady Hollow 75 – 77 = 152
18 Kyle Kellogg Mt. Vernon CC 73 – 80 = 153
T19 Sam Wilding Mayfield SRC – Mayfield 79 – 75 = 154
T19 Glenn Cunningham Westwood 77 – 77 = 154
T21 Collin McEndree Club Walden 79 – 76 = 155
T21 Warren Brocklehurst Ellsworth Meadows 78 – 77 = 155
T21 Zac Cork Pepper Pike Club 79 – 76 = 155
T24 Matt Hill Beechmont 77 – 79 = 156
T24 Mark Scott Jr. Westfield Group CC 81 – 75 = 156
26 Joey Kurtz Belmont CC 77 – 80 = 157
T27 James Hanson Fairlawn 78 – 80 = 158
T27 Thomas Lydic Pepper Pike Club 77 – 81 = 158
29 Joshua Diemer Chagrin Valley 83 – 77 = 160
30 Michael Miller Avon Oaks 82 – 79 = 161
31 Garrett Stine The Toledo CC 77 – 85 = 162
T32 Nick Orr Canterbury 83 – 81 = 164
T32 Thomas Duris Stone Oak CC 82 – 82 = 164
34 Derek Smith Red Tail 81 – 84 = 165
35 Blake Nienhuis Canterbury 81 – 86 = 167
36 Holden Pahr The Country Club 85 – 83 = 168
T37 Nic Nuzzo Firestone CC 86 – 84 = 170
T37 Scott Galayde Windmill Golf Center 88 – 82 = 170
39 Adam Stinogle Beechmont 92 – 79 = 171
40 Brian Suydam Beechmont 86 – 91 = 177
JWD Asa Donaldson Shawnee CC
